Tube Archivist

Your self hosted YouTube media server

Tube Archivist is a self-hosted media server for archiving YouTube content. It indexes your video collection with metadata from YouTube, making it easier to organize, search, and play archived videos offline through a web interface. Core functionality includes subscribing to channels, downloading videos, indexing and searching them, playback, and tracking viewed and unviewed videos.

A companion browser extension for Firefox and Chrome-based browsers enables single-click archival. Third-party integrations include Jellyfin and Plex. Documentation covers an FAQ, installation instructions, a user guide, and API docs. The project is open source and supported by user donations, with sponsors able to subscribe to real-time notifications through a members site.

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